Discover twenty botanical marvels, chosen for their historical significance and modern medical relevance. From ancient healing traditions to modern science, this guide reveals the synergy between nature and wellness, detailing the properties and applications of each plant.
Music in Human Experience
100 Years of the American Dream
This collection offers examinations of the American Dream across a diverse range of works. Each chapter’s innovative insights transcend literary critique to touch upon issues of economics, education, gender, immigration, psychology, race, and religion.
The Antisocial Mind
Antisocial behavior is a result of biology, not a choice. This book argues that since the brain produces behavior unconsciously, antisocial individuals are not accountable. They should be treated, not punished, and prisons converted into rehabilitation centers.
This book describes the morphology and syntax of the verb phrase (VP) in Embosi. It provides a syntagmatic analysis of the Embosi VP in keeping with argument structure, tackling the dichotomy between verb types and examining syntactic processes and thematic roles.
Public disbelief slows the development of nuclear power. This can be overcome by creating reactors with inherent self-protection, where the causes of severe accidents are excluded by the laws of nature. This book collects reports from Russian specialists on such reactors.
COVID-19, Racism and Politicization
This book explores the global media and government response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Examining countries from the USA to Asia, it addresses the media’s role in both countering and spreading misinformation, politicizing the crisis, and fueling racism and conspiracy theories.
This book is a hands-on guide for human resources practitioners and researchers on how to assess the validity and reliability of standardized diversity scores. It provides practical examples using correlation and factor analyses to illustrate the assessment process.
In today’s competitive environment, the manufacturing sector in developing countries must succeed through technological innovation. This book identifies the barriers to implementing technological innovation, paving the way for improved performance in this competitive landscape.
Dynamic Empowerment in Peace Education
This book explores empowerment as a key component to peace education, differentiating effective from ineffective approaches. Focusing on fairness, peace practices, and constructivist approaches, this is an essential text for educators seeking to put philosophy into praxis.
Astronomy for Cloudy Nights
Educational, humorous essays connecting astronomy to the arts—from literature to pop music. Autobiographical in places, it shares breathtaking stories of telescope observing around the world, from a childhood discovery to the high altitude of the Bolivian Andes.
This innovative book combines two very special states of awareness—“mindfulness” and “flow”—into a new and unique state called “mindflow”. The practice of mindflow leads to a stress-free, healthy, fulfilling and effective life in today’s complex and challenging environment.
This book explores the history of Econophysics for the lay-reader. It traces the emergence of the field, from the philosophers and scientists who contributed, to the institutions, books, and conferences that nurtured the subject.
An exploration of the art, architecture, and literary culture of the 16th-17th century Eastern Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The central discussion focuses on national identity and the tension between the region’s Byzantine inheritance and Catholic influences.
The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume I
The syllabus of WWII’s ultra-secret Political Warfare Executive reveals for the first time the controversial methods of its elite propagandists. From delivering a lethal dose of propaganda to shaping a hidden vision for a British-led Europe, their dark arts shaped the continent.
Authored by leading scholars, this collection of essays explores the complex relations between education and poverty. Using the Chilean system as a case study for issues of international concern, it presents research on social equality, schooling, and teacher education.
Ur-Illuminism charts humanity’s quest for its highest potential. Tracing a hidden history from Plato and the mystics to the Illuminati, it proposes a radical synthesis of esoteric metaphysics and libertarian thought as the one true bulwark against modern oppression.
By using both modern and ancient sources, this volume explores the relationship between official religion and popular belief in Greece, as illustrated by the relations between competing ideologies, and the relationship between ideology and mentality.
This book covers Pulsed-Electrochemical Honing (PECH), a hybrid finishing process for intricate components like gears. It details the fundamentals, parameters for finishing straight bevel gears, and recent developments in tools, technologies, controls, and operations.
For students of statistics, mathematics, and engineering, this book provides the concepts and methods of linear and integer programming. It presents formulations of diverse problems and solutions to numerical examples, making the subject matter easier to comprehend.